@inproceedings{156f63cff0494767b2f1c596eea5b718,
title = "The mysterious R stars",
abstract = "The R stars are a rare class of K-type giant carbon stars. Canonical stellar evolutionary theory cannot explain their existence, yet they have been observed for more than a century. The early-R stars, the warmest in the R class, are enhanced in 12C, 13C and 14N relative to the Sun, but not in s-processes elements or oxygen, and are all single stars. We test the idea that binary mergers lead to the formation of the early-R stars by a comparison of binary population synthesis model results with observations.",
keywords = "Binary Stars, Carbon Stars, Nucleosynthesis, R Stars, Red Clump, Stellar Mergers",
author = "Izzard, {Robert G.} and {Simon Jeffery}, C. and John Lattanzio",
year = "2008",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1063/1.2916984",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735405202",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "33--37",
booktitle = "Ninth Torino Workshop on Evolution and Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars and the Second Perugia Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics",
note = "9th Torino Workshop on Evolution and Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars and the 2nd Perugia Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics ; Conference date: 21-10-2007 Through 27-10-2007",
}